Heroic Police Effort to Save Child - During Firemen's Strike -Two Die in Fire 14th + St. Louis - 3-5-80

Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: The film's opening shows police and fire personnel gathered outside in response to a fire that began on the second floor of a three-story apartment building at 1434 S. St. Louis Ave on March 5, 1980. Several personnel attempt to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to two victims on the front porch, and Police Captain Edward Dwyer radios impatiently for a fire ambulance. A police squadrol arrives instead, and personnel, including Chief Joseph Murray of the 15th Fire Battalion, carry the victims past horrified bystanders and load them into the vehicle.; After the squadrol departs, WLS-TV Channel 7 reporter Rosemarie Gulley asks Hillary Richardson, the grandfather of the three victims, for their names: Robert, Robin, and Woodson Long. The film concludes as fire personnel work to contain the fire, and also drag smoldering furniture to the curb, including the remains of a mattress.; Authorities concluded that the fire began in a mattress in the Longs' apartment. Two-year-old Robert and three-year-old Robin died in the fire, and 16-year-old Woodson survived with critical injuries.
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.); Chicago (Ill.) Police Dept.; Disasters; Fires; Laborers; Police; Strikes
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Color Reversal Intermediate, 298 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13411